INTRO TO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- THE STUDY OF BODY STRUCTURES WITHOUT THE USE OF A MICROSCOPE IS KNOWN AS
- GROSS ANATOMY
- FOR HISTOLIC ANATOMY ITS IMPORTANT THAT ONE EMPLOY A
- MICROSCOPE
- ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF PHYSIOLOGY IS CYTOLOGY, WHICH IS THE STUDY OF
- CELLS
- THE FUNCTION OF THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM IS A MAJOR TOPIC OF A BRANCH OF PHYSIOLOGY KNOWN AS
- RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
- AT ITS MOST SIMPLE LEVEL OF STRUCTURE THE BODY IS COMPOSED OF
- ATOMS
- SODIUM CHLORIDE, PROTEINS, LIPIDS, AND WATER TYPIFY THE LEVEL OF STRUCTURE OF THE BODY IN WHICH THE MAIN COMPONENTS ARE--------
- MOLECULES
- THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF ALL LIVING THINGS, INCLUDING THE HUMAN BODY IS --------------
- CELL
- A GROUP OF CELLS WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE SAME FUNCTION REPRESENTS A ------
- TISSUE
- A TYPE OF TISSUE REPRESENT BY BLOOD AND BONES IS-------
- CONNECTIVE TISSUE
- THE ORGAN OF THE BODY ARE LINED WITH A TYPE OF TISSUE KNOWN AS------
- EPITHELIAL
- VARIOUS TYPES OF TISSUE WORK TOGETHER IN A HUMAN BODY TO COMPOSE A ------------
- ORGAN
- THE METABOLIC PROCESS IN WHICH ORGANIC MATTER IS BROKEN DOWN, USUALLY WITH THE RELEASE OF ENERGY IS---------
- CATABOLISM
- TWO GENERAL TYPES OF MOVEMENT IN THE BODY ARE VOLUNTARY AND-------------
- INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
- TO ASSIST THE PROCESS OF MOVEMENT IN THE BODY, THE MUSCLES ARE USUALLY ATTACHED TO----------
- BONES
- THE CHARACTERISTIC OF CONDUCTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED IN THE B0DY WITH MUSCLE CELLS AND----
- NERVE CELLS
- IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING AN ENTIRELY NEW INDIVIDUAL, NEW CELLS ARE FORMED IN THE BODY FOR THREE PURPOSES REPLACEMENT, GROWTH AND-------
- REPAIR
- THE FORM OF REPRODUCTION IN WHICH A FERTILIZED EGG FORMS IS CALLED----------
- SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- IN THE DUPLICATION OF A SINGLE CELL TO FORM TWO IDENTICAL DAUGHTER CELLS, THE REPRODUCTION IS KNOWN AS-------
- ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- THE STEADY STATE EQUILIBRIUM EXISTING IN THE BODY IS KNOWN AS------------
- HOMEOSTASIS
- AMONG THE SYSTEMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS ARE THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE----
- ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
- A SYSTEM IN WHICH INFORMATION DECREASES THE SYSTEM'S OUTPUT AND BRINGS THE SYSTEM BACK TO ITS SETPOINT IS A---------
- NEGATIVE FEEDBACK SYSTEM
- THE BODY IS ERECT WITH EYES FORWARD, FEET TOGETHER, ARMS AT THE SIDE AND PALMS UP IS IN THE----------------
- ANATOMICAL POSITION
- IN SPEAKING OF A DIRECTION TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY ON THE BELLY SIDE, ONE USES THE TERM----------
- ANTERIOR
- ALTHOUGH THE TERM DORSAL IS SOMETIMES USED, THE PREFERRED TERM WHEN REFERRING TO THE BACK SIDE OF A HUMAN IS---------
- POSTERIOR
- IN ANATOMICAL TERMS THE ABDOMEN IS SAID TO BE INFERIOR TO THE---
- THORAX
- AN IMBALANCE IN THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE DISTURBANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS ARE BOTH CREATED BY--------
- STRESS
- IN ANATOMICAL NOMENCLATURE, THE TERM SUPERIOR REFERS TO AN ASPECT OF THE BODY TOWARD THE---------
- HEAD
- PART OF THE CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY TO MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS INCLUDE WATER, NUTRIENTS AND---------
- OXYGEN
- THE BODY OBTAINS MATERIALS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND FORMS MORE OF ITSELF IN THE PROCESS OF-----------
- GROWTH
- THE CELLS OF AN ORGANISM AND THE ORGANISM ITSELF REMAINS RELATIVELY CONSTANT IN ITS CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN ITS
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
- THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL CHEMICAL PROCESSES OCCURRING IN THE BODY IS----
- METABOLISM
- THE SYSTEM IN WHICH INFORMATION IS RETURNED IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE DEVIATION FROM THE ORIGINAL SETPOINT IS A--------
- POSITIVE FEEDBACK SYSTEM
- WHEN ORGANIC MATTER IS BUILT UP FROM SMALLER MOLECULES, AND THE PROCESS USUALLY REQUIRES AN INPUT OF ENERGY, THE OVERALL PROCESS IS CALLED--------
- ANABOLISM